The Story
A collective learning resource that offers inquiries about diasporic identity and belonging aimed at practicing global solidarity
What does it mean to be in diaspora? How do our identities and aspirations for belonging unfold during times of collective upheaval?
In her lifelong search for solidarity, educator Gayatri Sethi draws upon her own complex diasporic journey to explore widely accepted ideas about identity and belonging. Spanning three continents and multiple phases of the author's life, Diaspora-ish offers inquiries into many facets of identity-names, relationships, ethnicities, citizenships-and poignantly demonstrates how these are weaponized to exclude and other. Addressing prevalent misconceptions about immigration, Sethi pushes for a deeper understanding of migration and diaspora that centers decoloniality and anti-imperialism. Diaspora-ish is an urgent call to unlearn oppressions in order to work bravely toward collective liberation.
In an extension of her genre-bending nonfiction debut Unbelonging, Sethi juxtaposes personal observations with academic notes and inquiries to guide readers through paradigm shifts in learning. Diaspora-ish presents an anti-imperial, anti-racist, collective learning resource that centers historically marginalized and excluded global realities.
Author: Gayatri Sethi
Publisher: First Person Press
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781949528046
Audience: Young Adult
About the Author
Sethi, Gayatri: - Gayatri Sethi (Phd) is a diasporic Punjabi polycultural educator and cultural worker. She writes, creates and teaches about identity, belonging and solidarity. As a learner of decolonization, liberation movements and abolition, she unequivocally supports the Palestinian liberation movement. Her caregiving and outreach efforts center solidarity making across borders and geographies. As an aspirational abolitionist aunty to many, she is committed to unlearning cultural norms to reimagine collective liberation.
Description
A collective learning resource that offers inquiries about diasporic identity and belonging aimed at practicing global solidarity
What does it mean to be in diaspora? How do our identities and aspirations for belonging unfold during times of collective upheaval?
In her lifelong search for solidarity, educator Gayatri Sethi draws upon her own complex diasporic journey to explore widely accepted ideas about identity and belonging. Spanning three continents and multiple phases of the author's life, Diaspora-ish offers inquiries into many facets of identity-names, relationships, ethnicities, citizenships-and poignantly demonstrates how these are weaponized to exclude and other. Addressing prevalent misconceptions about immigration, Sethi pushes for a deeper understanding of migration and diaspora that centers decoloniality and anti-imperialism. Diaspora-ish is an urgent call to unlearn oppressions in order to work bravely toward collective liberation.
In an extension of her genre-bending nonfiction debut Unbelonging, Sethi juxtaposes personal observations with academic notes and inquiries to guide readers through paradigm shifts in learning. Diaspora-ish presents an anti-imperial, anti-racist, collective learning resource that centers historically marginalized and excluded global realities.
Author: Gayatri Sethi
Publisher: First Person Press
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781949528046
Audience: Young Adult
About the Author
Sethi, Gayatri: - Gayatri Sethi (Phd) is a diasporic Punjabi polycultural educator and cultural worker. She writes, creates and teaches about identity, belonging and solidarity. As a learner of decolonization, liberation movements and abolition, she unequivocally supports the Palestinian liberation movement. Her caregiving and outreach efforts center solidarity making across borders and geographies. As an aspirational abolitionist aunty to many, she is committed to unlearning cultural norms to reimagine collective liberation.
